Panels

Penn Inspire COVID-19 Forum on September 23

September 17, 2021 by Rebecca Lopez Leave a Comment

The COVID-19 Pandemic has left indelible marks in our community. This upcoming Thursday, September 23rd, a group of Penn scientists wants to share their vision on how to build a path forward.

The Penn Interdisciplinary Network for Scientists Promoting Inclusion, Retention, and Equity (Penn INSPIRE), cordially invites you to join us for our Community Forum on the COVID-19 Pandemic: “Building a Path Forward: Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic”. This free virtual event will be held on Thursday, September 23rd from 5 PM to 6:30 PM ET.

Register here

During this event, a panel of the following public health and microbiology experts will share their latest insights and answer questions in a manner accessible to the general public about the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic:

Susan Weiss, PhD
Professor of Microbiology at Penn
Co-Director Penn Center for Research on Coronavirus and Other Emerging Pathogens

César de la Fuente, PhD
Presidential Assistant Professor at Penn
Inventor of Rapid SARS-CoV-2 Test

Alison M. Buttenheim, PhD, MBA
Silverstein Endowed Term Chair in Global Women’s Health, Penn Nursing
Co-Founder of “Dear Pandemic”

Nawar Naseer, PhD
Master of Public Health Student, Penn
Penn COVID-19 Contact Tracing Lead

Katie Strelau
PhD Candidate, CAMB MVP
Penn COVID-19 Contact Tracing Lead

We have attached promotional flyers with more information. We kindly ask that you share this invitation with other groups or organizations who would be interested in attending. If you have any questions, please let us know!

Faculty Job Search Prep Camp from August 9 – 12, 2021

July 26, 2021 by Rebecca Lopez Leave a Comment

If you’re planning to apply for faculty jobs, either in this upcoming cycle or in the future, join Penn Career Services for this four-day Faculty Job Search Prep Camp to get a head start on planning your job search. Through workshop presentations and faculty and alumni panels, we’ll help you understand how you can best prepare for each step of the process, from assessing your readiness to go on the faculty job market and crafting application materials to preparing for interviews and negotiating offers. Throughout the week of August 9th, Faculty Job Search Prep Camp attendees are encouraged to make a virtual one-on-one appointment via Handshake with a Career Services advisor on Friday, August 13th to discuss a faculty job search document that you’d like feedback on. Check Handshake for all the times available for appointments!

For the full schedule and to register, visit: https://careerservices.upenn.edu/2021-faculty-job-search-prep-camp/

BPP/BPC Virtual Panel Discussion: “Translational Research— Everyone’s Talking about it but What is it and How Can You Better Help Patients and Your Career”

July 14, 2021 by Rebecca Lopez Leave a Comment

Tues, July 27, 12:00 PM-1:00 PM
Virtual via Zoom
Open to postdocs and graduate students!

Are you interested in learning best practices for Translational Research and ways to advance your research to help patients and further your career? Do you want to learn more about career paths involving translational research? Our panelists will discuss their path/current work; how to integrate translational research into basic and clinical research; and how to integrate translational research into career development. This session is open to all postdocs and graduate students in all disciplines. Register here and check out the flyer attached for more information. We welcome questions for our panelists, in advance, by clicking here.

Panelists:

Alice S. Chen-Plotkin, MD, Parker Family Associate Professor of Neurology
Elisia Clark, PhD, MSTR, Postdoctoral Researcher
David Fajgenbaum, MD, MBA, MSc, Assistant Professor of Medicine
Philip John Freda, Jr., Ph.D., Postdoctoral Researcher
Jason Moore, PhD, Edward Rose, M.D. and Elizabeth Kirk Rose, M.D. Professor
Kalpana Parvathaneni, Ph.D, Postdoctoral Researcher

LTBGS+ @ UPenn Presents, “Queer in STEMinar: Industry Edition.”

April 7, 2021 by Rebecca Lopez Leave a Comment

Join LTBGS+ in welcoming Dr. Cho and Dr. Sheppard to share their experiences as LGBTQ+ scientists and a general discussion around being out in industry.

April 21st, 2021 at 5 PM EST
Meeting link: https://pennmedicine.zoom.us/j/6115386325

Penn INSPIRE Event – What INSPIRES you?

March 29, 2021 by Rebecca Lopez Leave a Comment

The Penn Interdisciplinary Network for Scientists Promoting Inclusion, Retention and Equity (Penn INSPIRE) would like to invite the BGS community to our inaugural event, “What INSPIRES you?” on March 31, 2021 from 6:30 to 7:30PM. Our distinguished panelists will describe what has inspired them to pursue their career paths, their journeys navigating academia as URM individuals, bumps along the road and how they remain motivated in the face of challenges. There will be an open floor Q&A at the end of the panel.

Please RSVP using this link (http://tinyurl.com/InspirePanel) to receive a zoom invitation.